Oil-absorbing device



OIL ABSORBING DEVICE.

APPLICATION CT. 3|, I919. 1,351,601. I PatenteoIAug. 31, 1920.,

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ALIDA E. ALLEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

OIL-ABSORBING DEVICE.

Application filed October 31, 1919.

To all whomit may concern.

Be it known that 1, Anna E. ALLEN, a citizen OftllB United States and a resident of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Oil-li ibsorbing Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description;

The present invention relates to an oil absorbing device and has particular reference to a device adapted to engage the needle bar of sewing machines to absorb any excess of oil which may accumulate on the needle bar.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a device which may be manufactured at a modest cost and easily applied to the needle bars of sewing machines and thus prevent the oil from dripping down the needle on to the goods worked on by the machine.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure l is a perspective view of a needle bar of a conventional sewing machine with its associated parts and illustrating the application of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view'of the device, and

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view.

Referring to the drawings in detail the invention may be applied to any conventional make of sewing machine. As illustrated it is adapted to engage the needle bar A from which the needle B is suspended, so as to intercept and absorb any oil which may accumulate on the needle bar A and prevent the same from trickling down the needle B on to the goods. The device in its preferred form comprises an elastic ring or core 5 which has a central opening as at 6, of a size so that it may be stretched'over the end of the needle bar and arranged to firmly grasp the bar as illustrated. The

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2: 1, 1&2.

Serial No. 334,714.

thickness to properly absorb the oil.

In some instances it may be desirable to employ several layers of the absorbing material in which event they can be interwoven or braided around the core, or wrapped when occasion demands. Then again,. no

doubt, material other than linen thread can be used to effect the absorption of the oil, and the invention should therefore not be construed as limited to linen as an absorbing material, nor to the manner of applying the same around the core.

I realize that various devices for accomplishing this result have been produced, but none of them have employed the novel idea of constructing the device of a ring, preferably one having elasticity, with the absorbing material wound around the ring. This I consider to be quite an advantage over heretofore known devices of this character in that it may be easily applied and manufactured at much less cost than those devices which require some special fastening means.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows;-

An oil absorbing device comprising an elastic'core of substantially circular form provided with a central opening adapted to receive the article to which the absorbing device is attached, and a wrapping inclosing said core and wound about the same through its central opening, said wrapping providing an absorbent c vering for the core.

ALIDA n ALLEN, 

